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Recent Examples of elementally
Mitski is at her best in this album’s more elementally human moments.
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elementally
Adverb
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And a large share of the world’s humanitarian relief, much of it destined for Africa, travels through the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has essentially shut.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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One of his teammates, redshirt freshman guard Sash Gavalyugov, was even more emphatic Monday night in his endorsement after scoring 23 points and hitting a 3-pointer with 12 seconds left that essentially secured the win over Saint Mary’s.—
Jeff Faraudo,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Do certain members need to divest if their goals are fundamentally misaligned?—
Belinda G. Schwartz,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2026
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This understanding appears to stem from an ancient source, where body and matter are not merely symbolically alike, but are fundamentally continuous.—
Li Qi,
Artforum,
6 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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There’s also a chic two-piece matching set that’s basically made for that weird in-between weather.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2026
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The energy imparted would have been equivalent to 6 million tons of TNT, or basically a large nuclear detonation.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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There’s nothing inherently wrong with spritzing a little LCD on the wrists, dabbing some Phoenix on the neck, and then getting dressed up in your usual Keane.—
Shaad D’Souza,
Pitchfork,
9 Mar. 2026
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Nothing is inherently natural about self-interest, deregulation, or capital accumulation, even if Smith phrased it as such.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Instead of relying on bulky shielding, satellites could use circuits that are intrinsically resistant to radiation.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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If the answer is no, that would mean these quantum-input, quantum-output problems are of an intrinsically different nature than classical ones.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Elementally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elementally. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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